Improvement in head-rests



UNITED STATES PATENT OFrrcn HENRY O. OUSHMAN AND GEORGE T. OOGKBURN, OFLOGANSPORT, IND.

IMPROVEMENTIN 'HEAD-RE'STS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 171,356, datedDecember 21, 1875; application filed September 25, 1875.

To all whom it may concern and GEORGE T. OocKBUaN, of Logansport, in thecounty of Cass and State of Indiana,

have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Head-Rests for PassengerRailroad- Car Seats; and we do hereby declare that the following isafull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of ourhead-rest, and Fig. 2 is-a side view of the same. v

This invention has relation to head-rests for travelers; and it consistsin the construction and novel arrangement of the rest bar and hooks, thestraps, socket, and buckle take-up, as hereinafter fully shown and described. In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates therest-bar, and B the rest or cushion, which is provided with a socket,c,'

designed to be slipped on the upper end therof, which may be slightlybent backward to bring the cushion in a more convenient position. Therest bar or stem A is adjustable, having a series of perforations, b,for the reception of a spring-pin, a, secured to a tubular hearing orsleeve, D. which is attached to the upper hook E ofthe fastening. Thelower end of this hook is transversely slotted at e for the passage ofthe strap F, which is riveted to the straight portion of the hook,carried upward inside the same, forminga lining, and

there held in place at the end of the bent portion by means of atransverse slot, 9, through which it passes. The lower hook E is ofsimilar construction, but without the bearing or sleeve. K representsthe buckle, which is secured to the upper end of the strap k, which isattached to the lower hook, and is designed to engage with the end ofthe strap k, secured provided with a transverse slot, having bitingedgesa. The strap 70 is passed through said slot, and'when the weight of therest is in the socket the biting-edges will keep the latter in theposition at which it has been adjusted on the strap. The middle portionof the rest-bar passes through the sleeve or hearing D, and isadjustable therein, the spring-pin a serving by engagement with itsperforations b to fix the adjustment.

This head-rest is easily packed. It will not deface the edges of theseat-back. Its adj ustment is sufficient to meet the requirements ofseats having bodies of different sizes or contours, and serves equallywell to satisfy the personal needs of the traveler.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The head-rest fastenings, consisting of the hooks E E, straps k k,and buckle K, or equivalent fastening, constructed and designed tooperate as specified.

2. The upper hook E, having the sleeve or bearing 1), and spring-pin 65for the guide-arm and adjustment of the rest-bar, substantially asspecified.

3. The adjustable socket L, adapted to be secured to the strap for thereception of the foot of the rest-bar, substantially as specified. i

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. OUSHMAN. GEORGE T. OOOKBURN.

Witnesses:

UHAs. H. STARR, 0. B. SARGENT.

